Yesterday, we drove approximately 900 miles from Wisconsin to New York to visit my Dad. Although we didn’t encounter any road construction, we knew we were traveling into more populated areas of our country. On the I-90, the road we traveled, we saw a crash that backed up traffic outside…

This is a must-stop in Budapest with a tour guide, preferably a local tour guide from Hungary, to help explain some of the history signified by these monuments. — While not as stunning as the castle district on the Rhine, nor as opulent as any of the Hapsburg’s residences in neighboring Vienna, Heroes’ Square lends a historical nod to the great leaders of Hungary. Formed by three huge monuments, the Square is located at the end of Andrassy Avenue…

As a lover of plants, choosing just one plant as my holiday favorite is difficult. — When I think about holiday plants, poinsettias, Christmas cactus, paperwhites, amaryllis, and mistletoe all come to mind. Of those, I need help choosing a favorite. For over ten years, I taught elementary students in my garden club about each of the plants listed above. For that reason, I learned to…

A trip to Palm Springs was the first and last time I used a transportation app. — My sister invited me to spend a few days with her in Palm Springs, California in the Fall of 2018. I agreed to go, as I had never been to this area of California known to be so “ritzy.”

November Writing Prompt from Weeds and Wildflowers — It’s easy to be captivated by movement. The captivation that occurs from watching something move, how it goes about moving, and the purpose of that movement can also lead to joy. Read on to see what I mean! Wild Things For twenty-five years, I’ve been watching wild things move. Monarch butterflies, in…

This isn’t a rant it’s just a fact. — The last few months have been a period of growth for my writing. In September, I broke into the $100.00+ club for a month of earnings on Medium for the first time since joining the partner program in August 2022. Before that, I wrote DAILY on my own blog, The…

After several days of having a full house for the Thanksgiving holiday, our yellow labrador retriever, Molly, wonders where everyone went. We have a cat, and since early November a cat guest — who is our oldest son’s cat — staying with us. On Thursday, all three of our adult…

What are you grateful for? — At the end of last week, I wrote a post for my Poetry Friday group on gratefulness. I decided to share some of that post here, today. When I think of things I am grateful for, most of them come down to simple gifts. Yes, some cost money, like the…

You can tell the holidays have arrived in the United States. I went to get a few last-minute things I needed for our Thanksgiving dinner and was followed by tailgaters and passers on the road. I wasn’t going slow. In fact, when the driver of the car behind me decided…